Lack of association between juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and GABRA5 and GABRB3 genes

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-153

  Guipponi, Michel ^a,d   Thomas, Pierre ^b   Girard Reydet, Claire ^a   Feingold, Josué ^a   Baldy Moulinier, Michel ^a   Malafosse, Alain ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Institutions Universitaires de Psychiatrie   (Switzerland)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

association study; GABA(A) receptor subunit genes; juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0030985726     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970418)74:2<150::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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